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1998 Chunichi Dragons

1998 > Class Foreign > 1998 Japan Central League
Overall: 75-60
Scored 488 runs, Allowed 458 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-64

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Senichi Hoshino
Represented: Nagoya, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1997 / 1999

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Takeshi Aiko 35 L L 6' 0.0" 170 Aug 15, 1962 Zushi, Kanagawa, JP
Masahiro Araki 20 R R 5' 11.0" 163 Sep 13, 1977 Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto, JP
Masaaki Daito 25 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 5, 1973 Katano, Osaka, JP
Masataka Endo 25 R R 6' 1.0" 187 Sep 20, 1972 Shirakawa, Fukushima, JP
Masashi Fujii 24 R R 6' 0.0" 202 Jan 14, 1974 Kashima-gun, Ishikawa, JP
Kosuke Fukudome 21 L R 6' 0.0" 200 Apr 26, 1977 So-gun, Kagoshima, JP
Leo Gomez 32 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Mar 2, 1966 Canovanas, PR
Masahiko Harada 27 R R 5' 10.0" 171 Feb 26, 1971 Kariya, Aichi, JP
Masahito Higasa 27 R L 5' 11.0" 171 Aug 19, 1970 Nayoro, Hokkaido, JP
Toshikatsu Hikono 33 R R 5' 8.0" 167 Oct 12, 1964 Kanazawa, Ishikawa, JP
Hirokazu Ibata 23 R R 5' 8.0" 165 May 12, 1975 JP
Shinji Imanaka 27 Mar 6, 1971
Kazuki Inoue 26 L L 6' 0.0" 205 Jul 25, 1971
Kevin Jarvis 28 L R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 1, 1969 Lexington, KY, US
Junichi Jinno 28 Apr 14, 1970
Ken Kadokura 24 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jul 29, 1973 Saitama, JP
Kenshin Kawakami 23 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Jun 22, 1975 Tokushima, JP
Takatoshi Kishikawa 28 Jan 30, 1970
Takuichi Koike 27 Apr 19, 1971
Keiichi Kojima 29 L L 6' 0.0" 185 Jul 1, 1968 Kawasaki, JP
Teruyoshi Kuji 29 Apr 19, 1969
Jon Baum Lee 27 Aug 15, 1970
Sang-Hoon Lee 27 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Mar 11, 1971 Seoul, KR
Yukinaga Maeda 27 L L 5' 10.0" 155 Aug 26, 1970 Fukuoka, JP
Daisuke Masuda 24 Sep 27, 1973
Tokitaka Minamibuchi 32 Oct 29, 1965
Hidekazu Mitsuyama 32 Nov 20, 1965
Takeshi Nakamura 31 Mar 17, 1967
Eiichi Nakano 23 Oct 16, 1974
Hiroaki Nakayama 30 Nov 4, 1967
Kaoru Nihei 27 Jun 18, 1971
Shigeki Noguchi 24 L L 6' 0.0" 178 May 13, 1974 Ehime, JP
Eiji Ochiai 28 Jul 25, 1969
Takayuki Onishi 26 Jul 2, 1971
Shigeki Oto 34 Nov 18, 1963
Yasuyuki Sato 26 May 24, 1972
Koichi Sekikawa 29 Apr 1, 1969
Eiji Shotsu 25 R R 5' 8.0" 168 Nov 13, 1972
Dong-yeol Sun 35 Jan 10, 1963
Fumihiro Suzuki 23 R R 5' 11.0" 165 May 23, 1975
Hitoshi Taneda 26 Jul 18, 1971
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami 28 L R 5' 8.0" 154 Aug 19, 1969
Yusuke Torigoe 26 Jul 1, 1971
Yasushi Tsuruta 27 Jul 23, 1970
So Tsutsui 23 Nov 1, 1974
Hiroyuki Watanabe 28 Jun 29, 1970
Hiroshi Yamada 25 Jun 17, 1973
Takashi Yamada 24 May 11, 1974
Koji Yamaguchi 28 Apr 29, 1970
Masahiro Yamamoto 32 L L 6' 1.0" 192 Aug 11, 1965
Takeshi Yamasaki 29 R R 6' 0.0" 220 Nov 7, 1968
Akihiro Yano 29 R R 5' 11.0" 179 Dec 6, 1968 Osaka, JP
Hideyuki Yasuda 31 R R 6' 2.0" 195 May 26, 1967

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